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Can anybody help with detailed information about importing this car to the US? Some guys are interested in purchase but I have many different informations from various sources. We need direct and verified info from someone who knows what is talking about.
Importable through a registered US Importer that can ( as Lunamar said) establish a substantially similar US certified car exists.
Contact OrchidEuro, they can help you out with import.
Thanks for suggesting us. I'm the owner of Orchid Euro
In my opinion, it won't qualify for show use. It is likely to be close enough to a USA model to be converted to USA spec. We could import under bond and hand it directly to a NHSTA approved R.I., if it does indeed comply with a vehicle listed in the Non-Conforming Eligibility list, but the owner would literally be paying the RI by the hour to have everything cool and Euro removed from the car and destroyed. Depending on how thorough the RI is technically any item that isn't factory or DOT approved will be removed and destroyed (not passed on to the future owner), and replaced with DOT/NHTSA items. Seatbelts, glass, lights, suspension, tires, brake lines, wiring systems etc.
We've imported dozens and dozens of cars to the USA, and only one was through that process. I personally built new lay-over wiring harnesses for that car, so that the seemingly silly and easily forgotten ignition-on warning chime, and seat belt warning light, would work as it should for a US factory car. We did a bunch of work on it in Europe prior to shipping it to the USA so that the costs would be kept to a minimum, but they still skyrocketed once the car was under bond and the third party government approved joke of a company was working on it. Basically, I believe it's a pretty broken and self-serving system, that I have to recommend to my customers that they avoid.
If this car was made in January of 1991, we could have it here in the USA in 10 days. Otherwise, sadly it's much much easier to import a car from the USA to Poland, than it is to legally and correctly bring this car to the land of the free
Thank you for posting this...I actually spoke with you guys about this example a lot in the last 4 month...too bad about the land of the free!!!
I almost thought about buying it and storing it in Poland at my families place for 4 yrs and importing it then. (Still might ) But it would be a shame to not drive it for that long
Thanks for suggesting us. I'm the owner of Orchid Euro
In my opinion, it won't qualify for show use. It is likely to be close enough to a USA model to be converted to USA spec. We could import under bond and hand it directly to a NHSTA approved R.I., if it does indeed comply with a vehicle listed in the Non-Conforming Eligibility list, but the owner would literally be paying the RI by the hour to have everything cool and Euro removed from the car and destroyed. Depending on how thorough the RI is technically any item that isn't factory or DOT approved will be removed and destroyed (not passed on to the future owner), and replaced with DOT/NHTSA items. Seatbelts, glass, lights, suspension, tires, brake lines, wiring systems etc.
We've imported dozens and dozens of cars to the USA, and only one was through that process. I personally built new lay-over wiring harnesses for that car, so that the seemingly silly and easily forgotten ignition-on warning chime, and seat belt warning light, would work as it should for a US factory car. We did a bunch of work on it in Europe prior to shipping it to the USA so that the costs would be kept to a minimum, but they still skyrocketed once the car was under bond and the third party government approved joke of a company was working on it. Basically, I believe it's a pretty broken and self-serving system, that I have to recommend to my customers that they avoid.
If this car was made in January of 1991, we could have it here in the USA in 10 days. Otherwise, sadly it's much much easier to import a car from the USA to Poland, than it is to legally and correctly bring this car to the land of the free
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